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President Joe Biden announced that his administration will pledge $200 billion towards a new Global Infrastructure Partnership that includes major health projects like a massive vaccine plant to produce ‘hundreds of millions’ of doses for Covid-19 and other diseases. “For all of our people, not just the G-7, all of our people today, we officially launched the partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment,” he said. “We collectively have dozens of projects already underway around the globe, and I’m proud to announce the United States will mobilize $200 billion in public and private capital over the next five years for that...

Prince Charles accepted a suitcase full of cash as a charitable donation from the former prime minister of Qatar, it has been claimed. The Sunday Times says it was one of three bundles of cash given as charitable donations which the Prince of Wales received from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani. The three lots, which totalled €3m, were handed to the prince personally between 2011 and 2015, the paper adds. It claims that on one occasion, Sheikh Hamad, 62, presented the prince with €1m reportedly stuffed into carrier bags from Fortnum & Mason, the luxury food store...

Crowds dressed in black descended on the city of Portland on Saturday night as part of a nationwide “Night of Rage” staged to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to return abortion law to individual states, potentially limiting access to the procedure that was previously guaranteed federally by Roe v. Wade. The Portland Police Bureau stated that the protesters damaged numerous businesses, but law enforcement was reportedly unable to intervene. Several protesters were arrested after the demonstration became violent, according to the Hill: Authorities in Oregon arrested 10 protesters who were part of a large crowd supporting abortion rights after...

The shock in the South African coastal town of East London is great after the incident in a disco bar in which at least 22 people were killed. According to the latest reports, most of the victims were between the ages of 13 and 17. At first, police thought they had died from oppression. The bodies were lying on tables and chairs and on the floor, but investigations are now underway as they are said to have no visible injuries. Friends and family have gathered in droves at the bar. All day long they are waiting for news about their...

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb) says the evidence provided by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol has persuaded him that Trump is guilty of all charges. He professed himself "unbothered by the normal due process procedures that were bypassed by the Committee. Granted, in previous investigative committees both Parties were allocated their usual number of seats. In this case, the charges were so serious that special procedures were required.." The special procedures included acceding to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's insistence that only those who already agreed that Trump is guilty would be allowed seats on the...

A drag queen wearing a thong twerked for children at a ‘family friendly’ pride event in Soldotna Creek, Alaska.

Actor Samuel L Jackson has dubbed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas 'Uncle Clarence' after the conservative justice wrote an opinion defending the court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade - and suggested using the logic to overturn other landmark decisions. 'Uncle Clarence' is an apparent reference to the eponymous character of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, who was widely seen as compliant and subservient to his white masters. In his tweet on Saturday, the Marvel Cinematic Universe actor wrote: 'How’s Uncle Clarence feeling about overturning Loving v Virginia??!!'

<p>TYLER, Texas (AP) — Five people were shot and injured early Sunday during an outdoor event in East Texas that featured a trail ride, according to authorities.</p><p>The Smith County Sheriff’s Office said it received a call at 12:35 a.m. Sunday about multiple gunshot victims in a large pasture area in the eastern part of the county. People were taking part in an annual trail ride sponsored by Unified Elite Riderzz from nearby Marshall, Texas.</p>

Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~CPT Charles Hazlitt Upham VC Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham VC and bar (September 21, 1908 - November 22, 1994) was a New Zealand solider who won the Victoria Cross twice during World War II. Earning the Victoria Cross and Bar for outstanding gallantry and leadership in Crete in May 1941, and at Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt, in July 1942....

Creator of Cooley High Eric Monte says television producer Norman Lear is a racist who stole his idea for the 1970s hit television show, The Jeffersons. Monte worked as a writer on Good Times, which he co-created with Mike Evans. During an interview with Annette John-Hall of the Philadelphia Inquirer back in 2006, Monte called Lear a racist who wrote stereotypical dialogue and didn’t think he was racist. Monte recalled the cast of Good Times frequently having issues with the dialogue written by Lear.“I caught hell because Norman Lear was incredibly racist, but he didn’t think so. And everything they...

Rudy Giuliani was slapped by a worker at a ShopRite on Staten Island on Sunday while campaigning for his son, leaving the 78-year-old former NYC mayor shaken, the ex-pol told The Post. Giuliani said he had just gotten out of the men’s room at the store on Veteran’s Road and was being greeted by a bunch of supporters when he was suddenly hit from behind — an incident caught on surveillance video obtained by The Post. “All of a sudden, I feel this, ‘Bam!’ on my back,” Giuliani said. “I don’t know if they helped me not fall down, but...

Sad. 25% of male Puffers going full schizo from the Wacky Weed. Explains a lot, really.

Joe Biden will on Monday attempt to block Boris Johnson’s plan to move away from green fuels amid a transatlantic split over how to tackle the global cost of living crisis. Mr Johnson will address G7 leaders at a summit in Germany and ask them to repurpose land currently used for crop-based biofuels to grow more food. The Prime Minister believes using less green fuel would dampen soaring food prices and help avert famines in poorer countries that rely heavily on Ukrainian grain blockaded in ports by Russia. However, Mr Biden’s officials made it clear on Sunday that Washington will...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal says renewing Vatican II’s spirit can carry the church forwardLINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Maryland — The spirit of the Second Vatican Council that called for renewal of church life and wider church engagement with the world continues today, inviting the faithful to serve the common good, Cardinal Peter Turkson, a Vatican official, told a national priests’ assembly.Such ongoing renewal requires accepting a “mandate to change” rather than to be rooted in practices that restrict the full development of each person, Turkson, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Science, said June 22 during...

"The older girl was standing next to Pelosi as photographers took pictures of the ceremony. At first, Pelosi looked down at the girl and defined her space with a light elbow touch to the girl’s left shoulder. In response the girl dutifully took one step away from Pelosi. But after posing for the mock swearing in with her right hand raised, Pelosi started broadly waving her hand in grand gestures as she often does while speaking. Pelosi again looked down at the girl and this time sharply elbowed her in the shoulder and gave her a shove. The girl swayed...

Nigeria's Zamfara state will start issuing licences to individuals to carry guns to defend themselves against armed gangs of kidnappers causing havoc in the country's northwest, the state's commissioner for information said on Sunday. Armed gangs are rife across Nigeria's northwest where they rob or kidnap for ransom, and violence has been increasing, where thinly stretched security forces often fail to stop the attacks.The gunmen, known locally as bandits, operate from remote forests in the northwest and their deadly attacks and kidnappings, targeting villagers, farmers and travellers, have increased since the start of the year. Zamfara and neighbouring Kaduna are...

Like a Broadway musical – or an absurdist play – the state of New York is conducting primary elections in two acts this year: gubernatorial and certain state elections on Tuesday, congressional and other legislative races in late August. Party disputes over redistricting led to the two-part primary set-up that could reduce turnout, increase friction between the parties and confuse large numbers of voters, political analysts said. "It's a total mess," said Grant Reeher, director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute at Syracuse University's Maxwell School. "It was an embarrassment to the state ... It doesn't serve the interests of...

Cue all of the woke corporations standing up to the SCOTUS’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade by offering to pay for travel expenses for women who want an abortion. Companies such as Disney and JP Morgan wasted no time to appeal to the masses of leftist robots vowing to resist the ruling, making it easy for their employees to have easy access to the procedure. In a statement, child-indoctrinating Disney said they will provide coverage for “pregnancy related decisions.” “We recognize the impact of the ruling and that we remain committed to providing comprehensive access to quality and affordable...

Patients with advanced kidney cancer who received a new combination treatment reported health-related quality of life outcomes that were either similar or improved, compared to patients who received standard first-line therapy, according to a study. The findings underscore the potential for the new treatment combination in improving patients' course of treatment and extending survival, said David Cella, Ph.D. "Effective treatment options have never been better for this disease. Patients' reports of how they are feeling and functioning is certainly meaningful to them, and also can help clinicians when guiding continued quality care," said Cellaz Advanced kidney cancer occurs when cancer...

President Joe Biden does not support Democrats pushing to expand the Supreme Court, the White House announced on Saturday.White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed the president's position on the issue during an Air Force Once press gaggle. Some Democrats have argued for court-packing in recent years, but those calls were amplified following SCOTUS' decision to overrule key abortion cases Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey on Friday.Many of Biden's fellow Democrats have argued for expanding the court to offset the influence of the three justices appointed under former President Donald Trump's administration. "So, I know I've… I...